Personal Computer User's Guide

Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletethereplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage73.
Replacingtheinternalspeakers
Attention:
Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Importantsafetyinformation”
onpagev.
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacetheinternalspeakers.
Toreplacetheinternalspeakers,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandthecomputer.Then,disconnect
allpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtothecomputer.
2.Placeasoft,cleantowelorclothonthedeskorsurface.Holdthesidesofyourcomputerandgentlylay
itdownsothatthescreenisagainstthesurfaceandthecoverisfacingup.
3.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage41.
4.Locatetheinternalspeakers.See“Locatingcomponents”onpage13.
5.Notethelocationoftheinternalspeakercableconnection.Notetheroutingoftheinternalspeaker
cables.Disconnecttheinternalspeakercablesfromthesystemboard.
6.Removethetwoscrewsthatsecureeachinternalspeakertothefrontbezel,andthenremovethe
internalspeakersfromthecomputer.
Figure33.Removingtheinternalspeakers
7.Routethenewinternalspeakercablesandthenpositionthenewinternalspeakersonthefrontbezelso
thatthetwoscrewholesineachinternalspeakeralignwiththoseinthefrontbezel.
8.Reinstallthetwoscrewstosecureeachoftheinternalspeakerstothefrontbezel.
9.Reconnecttheinternalspeakercablestothesystemboard.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”
onpage16.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheinstallationorreplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage73.
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